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Physician in Texas Whistleblower Case Faces Criminal Charges
Medscape Medical News, December 22, 2010
Hip Arthritis Needn't Mean Hip Replacement
Reuters Health Information, December 22, 2010
Top Medical Centers Join Forces on Comparative Effectiveness Research
Medscape Medical News, December 17, 2010

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Standardizing Care for High-Risk Patients in Spine Surgery: The Northwestern High-Risk Spine Protocol
Spine, December 20, 2010
Comparing Etoricoxib and Celecoxib for Preemptive Analgesia for Acute Postoperative Pain in Patients Undergoing Arthroscopic ACL Reconstruction: A Randomized Controlled Trial
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, December 14, 2010

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Interpretations of the C-Spine on Plain Radiography: Slideshow
December 2010
Why Do Patients "Disrespect" Doctors? When physicians make patients feel like it's "business first, patient care second," they may lose their patients' respect, says Dr. Gerald Chodak.
Chodak on Urology, December 2010
EHRs Create Startling New Moral Quandaries As more physicians use EHRs, more ethical issues arise, including patient privacy issues. Also, is it unethical not to use computer technology?
December 2010
New Arthritis Therapies: Beyond Anti-inflammatory Meds Dr. Charles Argoff discusses new and emerging musculoskeletal pain therapies resulting from a more profound etiologic understanding of conditions such as osteoarthritis and lower back pain.
Argoff on Neurology, December 2010
Carbapenemase Resistance in the United States: What Should Clinicians Do? Two experts from CDC discuss the steps that every clinician and hospital should take to prevent the spread of these highly resistant pathogens.
December 2010
NSAIDs -- Which Ones Hurt the Heart? Which Don't? Sandra Fryhofer, MD, discusses the recent study on NSAIDs and cardiovascular risk in regard to which NSAIDs are the most and the least likely to harm the heart.
Medicine Matters, November 2010
Your Malpractice Advisor: Legal Risks From Your Answering Service A malpractice attorney describes the malpractice dangers that can arise from your answering service and tells doctors what they need to do to prevent them.
Your Malpractice Advisor, November 2010
Do Physician Payments Bias Their Treatment Recommendations? If a given diagnosis were covered by 1 lump sum, would physicians recommend less expensive treatments more often? Dr. Gerald Chodak examines the issue.
Chodak on Urology, November 2010
Rework but Do Not Repeal Healthcare Reform Flawed as the Affordable Care Act may be, it provides important healthcare benefits to patients, which Dr. Kathy Miller worries may be lost if the law is repealed.
Miller on Oncology, November 2010
HCR Post Election: The Real Dialog Begins Will Republican gains in Congress mean the repeal of healthcare reform? Or will they, as Dr. John Marshall suspects, set the stage for the first real discussion about healthcare?
Marshall on Oncology, November 2010
How Will a Divided Congress Impact Healthcare Reform? Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman discusses what effects a GOP majority in the House of Representatives could have on healthcare reform.
Lieberman on Psychiatry, November 2010
A Simple Way to Avoid Malpractice Litigation Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman discusses physician vulnerability to legal accusations and offers a simple means of reducing malpractice risk.
Lieberman on Psychiatry, October 2010
Discitis and Vertebral Osteomyelitis: When Cultures Are Negative Two interesting cases illustrate the difficulties in diagnosing and treating discitis when initial cultures are negative. Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, comments.
Auwaerter on Infectious Diseases, October 2010

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Why Do Patients "Disrespect" Doctors?
Commentary, December 2010
EHRs Create Startling New Moral Quandaries
Commentary, December 2010
Reality and REMS -- Are You APPRISEd of the Situation?
Expert Column, December 2010
New Arthritis Therapies: Beyond Anti-inflammatory Meds
Commentary, December 2010

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